I think now that's it's a day later I have enough distance that I can rip out the picked up stitches and start again! (I usually need a while to adjust to the concept of frogging...) I'm thinking I'll pick up the stitches with a Denise needle (and a large size) and then start the actual purling and knitting with the #4 (Options - my Denise set doesn't have a #4) the pattern calls for.